Handle construction for utensils



June 12. 1928. 1,673,406

E.E.DRUMM HANDLE CONSTRUCTION FOR UTENSILS Filed Feb. 14, 1927 QM/UMM Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES E N OFFICE;

.nnmnn. 1921mm, or mamrowoo, WISCONSIN, assxenon ro ALUMINUM Goons MFG. co., or mamrowoo, WISCONSIN.

HANDLE con srnoorron ron 'rENs ILsQ Application filed February 14, 1927. Serial No. 168,032

This invention relates to a handle construction for utensils. i

In attaching the tubular handles to utensils it has been the universal practice heretofore to provide a flange on the side and bottom portions of the handle and to attachthe flange to the body of the utensil, the top portion of the utensil stopping ofl' short adjacent the body of the utensil. This has left a crack or gap between the top of the handle and the utensil and in using the utensil particles of food and greasyfwater find their way through this space into the tubular handle and although a drain aperture may be provided it has been found from actual experience that it is impossible to keep these handles in a sanitary condition as it is a physical impossibility to remove the accumulated material within the handle. This invention is designed to overcome the defects noted above and objects of this invention are to provide a novel handle construction for utensils in which the tubular handle is so made and associated with the utensil that there is no gap left between the upper portion of the handle and the body of the utensil, but in which a flange is formed both on the body portion and the top portion of the handle which contacts with the body of the utensil. The upturned upperflange also contacts with the rolled bead of the utensil.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of the abutting end of the handle with the rivets shown in section;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through a portion of the handle and the utensil, such view corresponding to a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 1s a plan view of the structure shown in Figure 2 with the head of the utensil sectioned off; s Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the utensil indicated by the reference character 1 is attached to the tubular handle whose body port-ion is indicated by the reference character 2 and whose top portion is indicated by the reference character 3. The body portion is provided with a flange 4;, as may be seen from Figure 1, on its bottom and sides and such flange continues upwardly to a point adjacent the rolled bead 50f the utensil, as may be seen from Fig ures 1- and The top portion 3 is also provided with a flange G and this flange is up turned, as shown inFigLu-es l, 2, and The flange t5 and the flange 4 have their edges abutting, as indicated at 7, and it is found that when the handle is tinned the joint is entirely closed.

The handle formed, as described above, isthen placed in contact with the outer surface of the utensil and thefiange 6 is placed in contactwith the rolled bead 5 of the utensil. 'l hereafter, the handle secured in place by means of .the'rivets 8. v i It will be seen that the additional upturned flange carried by the top portion of the handle not only cooperates with the body portion of the utensil to close'the gap universally found in the prior devices of this type, but also directly cooperates with the head of the utensil and secures an additional advantage in that the bead itself aids in closing the gap. i

.Further, in order to prevent water from collecting on the handle-in the space adjacent the utensil, the portions 9 thereof, as may be seen from Figure 3, are bevelled downwardly in opposite directionsso as to shed the water from the handle. Ordinarily,

means of an offset portion extending straight across the handle. However, this invention contemplates slanting this portion in opposite directions, as stated, and thus prevents collecting of water in this part of the handle.

It will be seen that a novel type of handle construction has been provided vfor utensils which is so made that there is no gap be.- tween the upper portion of the tubular handle and the utensil, but that this portion of the handle is upwardly flanged and such flange contacts not only with the body portion but also with the bead of the utensil.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope ofsuch invention is to be determined as claimed. a a i I claim:

the handle is depressed at this point by v 1. The combination of a utensil having a edge of the marginal head. .7 n

2. The combination ofautnsil having a of the handle having an outwardly extending flan e secured to the body ofthe utensil, 31 d sai top portion of the handle having an upturned flange 'conta ctin portion of the utensil and a body portion provided with a marginal bead, a tubular handle having an outwardly turnedmarginal flange extending completely around the end of thehandle adjacent the utensil and contactin with the body, of the utensil, said flange aving an upper edge positioned below and abutting the lower edge of the head of the utensil, whereby no gapis formed between the inner end of the liandle and, the utensili. y v

3. The combination of a utensil havinga bodyportion and a, marginal bead, a tubularhandlehav'ing a body portion and'atop portion, said bo'dyiportionof said handle having an outwardly turned flange secured to the, body portion ofsaidutensil and the top portion of said handle having an upbod p said with the body utting the lower wardly turned flange contacting with the ortion and the underside of said bead, anges having abutting edges.

" 4. The combination of a utensilhaving-a body portion provided with a marginal bead, a tubular handle having a body portion and ato 'p'o'raomthe body portion of said handle having an outwardly turned flange secured to the body portion of said utensil and having an upturned flange contacting with the body portion of the utensil and with said bead,'said handle having a depressed part formed in its upper portion ad jacentsaid flange, such depressed portion having outwardly and downwardly slanting surfaces extending from the central part of the depressed portion to the edges of the handle. i

1 In testimony that I: claim theforegoing I have hereunto set my hand at Manitowoo in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin.

ELMER E. DRUMM. 

